Your 2015 Cleveland Browns
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Why did TJ Ward leave? I never found out. Anyway I quess we start at DT, Wide Receiver, Center. Is Ryan Seymour better than McDonald?
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As of today (2/19/15), the Cleveland Browns' depth chart including ONLY players under contract for 2015:
QB - Manziel / Shaw
RB - Crowell / West / Winston
FB -
WR1 - Benjamin / R.Smith / Cone
WR2 - Hawkins / Gabriel / Bates
TE - Barnidge / Dray
LT - Thomas / Bowie
LG - Bitonio / Barton
C - Mack / McDonald / Cave
RG - Greco / Painter
RT - Schwartz / A.McDonald
RDE - Taylor / A.Bryant / Meder
DT - Hughes / Barnett
LDE - D.Bryant / Winn / McDaniel / Tupou
ROLB - Kruger / Pough
ILB1- Dansby / Eubanks
ILB2 - Kirksey / Carder
LOLB - Mingo / Solomon
CB1 - Haden / Nelson / James
CB2 - Desir / Gilbert / Poyer
CBS - Williams / Sonie
FS - Pellerin
SS - Whitner
K - Hartley / Spear / Coons
P -
LS - Yount / Hughlett
I'll try to keep this up-to-date as best I can...Well... it's about that time to start looking at next year's squad. I know we have a long offseason to suffer through, but there has to be a starting point... Here it is:
As of today (12/23/14), the Cleveland Browns' depth chart including ONLY players under contract for 2015 and beyond:
QB - Manziel
RB - Crowell / West / Winston
FB -
WR1 - Gordon / Benjamin / R.Smith
WR2 - Hawkins / Gabriel
LT - Thomas / Bowie
LG - Bitonio
C - Mack / McDonald
RG - Greco / Painter
RT - Schwartz / McQuistan
RDE - Taylor / Hughes / A.Bryant
DT -
LDE - D.Bryant / Winn
ROLB - Kruger / Martin
ILB1- Dansby / Eubanks
ILB2 - Kirksey / Carder
LOLB - Mingo / Solomon
CB1 - Haden / Nelson
CB2 - Desir / Gilbert
CBS - Williams
FS -
SS - Whitner
K -
P -
LS - Yount
What are some of your thoughts on this group? Where are the biggest strengths/weaknesses? What are the priority needs?
This is only 38 players, so we will add 52 by training camp:
First up are the futures contracts and then re-signing our FAs...
Speculate away!!!!
You forgot TEs, I assume Barnridge and Dray are under contract, not sure about Barnridge.
Practice Squad (Can be signed to Futures Contract)
Shaw QB
Bates WR / Cone WR
Barton OG / Cave C
Barnett DT / Meder DE / McDaniel DE / Tupou DT
Pough OLB
James CB
Hard to say, but if we have the same offensive staff, they would probably want to keep developing Shaw. Cave must be raw if he never made the roster with McDonald and Seymour playing C.
Restricted Free Agents
A.McDonald OT
Kitchen DT
Robertson ILB
Gipson FS
Bademosi S
Lanning P
Gipson will be signed. Lanning and Bademosi were valuable special teamers this year, they will be offered contracts. I thought Robertson played well, I would think we'll keep him. I think Kitchen just got injured and we'll be drafting DL, so we'll see what develops there. McDonald, I assume they just signed him for a reason. We need tackle depth, have been fortunate that the starters play every snap every year.
Unrestricted Free Agents
Hoyer QB GONE
Draughn RB Prob Gone
Austin WR Prob Gone
Moore WR Prob Gone (show some prowess on st coverage though)
Cameron TE Prob Gone
R.Taylor TE Whatever
Seymour OG/C Re-sign for depth
Rubin DT Gone
Fua DE Whatever
Sheard OLB Gone
Skrine CB Re-sign hopefully
Leonhard FS Bring him back for a year
Hartley K Gone
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Well... it's about that time to start looking at next year's squad. I know we have a long offseason to suffer through, but there has to be a starting point... Here it is:
As of today (12/23/14), the Cleveland Browns' depth chart including ONLY players under contract for 2015 and beyond:
QB - Manziel
RB - Crowell / West / Winston
FB -
WR1 - Gordon / Benjamin / R.Smith
WR2 - Hawkins / Gabriel
LT - Thomas / Bowie
LG - Bitonio
C - Mack / McDonald
RG - Greco / Painter
RT - Schwartz / McQuistan
RDE - Taylor / Hughes / A.Bryant
DT -
LDE - D.Bryant / Winn
ROLB - Kruger / Martin
ILB1- Dansby / Eubanks
ILB2 - Kirksey / Carder
LOLB - Mingo / Solomon
CB1 - Haden / Nelson
CB2 - Desir / Gilbert
CBS - Williams
FS -
SS - Whitner
K -
P -
LS - Yount
What are some of your thoughts on this group? Where are the biggest strengths/weaknesses? What are the priority needs?
This is only 38 players, so we will add 52 by training camp:
First up are the futures contracts and then re-signing our FAs...
Speculate away!!!!
You forgot TEs, I assume Barnridge and Dray are under contract, not sure about Barnridge.
Practice Squad (Can be signed to Futures Contract)
Shaw QB
Bates WR / Cone WR
Barton OG / Cave C
Barnett DT / Meder DE / McDaniel DE / Tupou DT
Pough OLB
James CB
Hard to say, but if we have the same offensive staff, they would probably want to keep developing Shaw. Cave must be raw if he never made the roster with McDonald and Seymour playing C.
Restricted Free Agents
A.McDonald OT
Kitchen DT
Robertson ILB
Gipson FS
Bademosi S
Lanning P
Gipson will be signed. Lanning and Bademosi were valuable special teamers this year, they will be offered contracts. I thought Robertson played well, I would think we'll keep him. I think Kitchen just got injured and we'll be drafting DL, so we'll see what develops there. McDonald, I assume they just signed him for a reason. We need tackle depth, have been fortunate that the starters play every snap every year.
Unrestricted Free Agents
Hoyer QB GONE
Draughn RB Prob Gone
Austin WR Prob Gone
Moore WR Prob Gone (show some prowess on st coverage though)
Cameron TE Prob Gone
R.Taylor TE Whatever
Seymour OG/C Re-sign for depth
Rubin DT Gone
Fua DE Whatever
Sheard OLB Gone
Skrine CB Re-sign hopefully
Leonhard FS Bring him back for a year
Hartley K Gone
Zombo said:
You forgot TEs, I assume Barnridge and Dray are under contract, not sure about Barnridge.
Correct. I updated the OP.
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Why did TJ Ward leave? I never found out. Anyway I quess we start at DT, Wide Receiver, Center. Is Ryan Seymour better than McDonald?
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Leonard talked like he is retiring.
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As of today (2/19/15), the Cleveland Browns' depth chart including ONLY players under contract for 2015:
QB - Manziel / Shaw
RB - Crowell / West / Winston
FB -
WR1 - Benjamin / R.Smith / Cone
WR2 - Hawkins / Gabriel / Bates
TE - Barnidge / Dray
LT - Thomas / Bowie
LG - Bitonio / Barton
C - Mack / McDonald / Cave
RG - Greco / Painter
RT - Schwartz / A.McDonald
RDE - Taylor / A.Bryant / Meder
DT - Hughes / Barnett
LDE - D.Bryant / Winn / McDaniel / Tupou
ROLB - Kruger / Pough
ILB1- Dansby / Eubanks
ILB2 - Kirksey / Carder
LOLB - Mingo / Solomon
CB1 - Haden / Nelson / James
CB2 - Desir / Gilbert / Poyer
CBS - Williams / Sonie
FS - Pellerin
SS - Whitner
K - Hartley / Spear / Coons
P -
LS - Yount / Hughlett
I'll try to keep this up-to-date as best I can...QB - Manziel Manziel has proven nothing. We need a veteran QB and a 3rd QB option... maybe bring back Hoyer and Shaw, or a FA and draft pick
RB - Crowell / West / Winston This is a promising group. I'm sure we'll bring in some young UDFA competition
FB - Not sure what we're looking for with this position, but we should probably just find a H-back (TE/FB Hybrid) type
WR1 - Gordon / Benjamin / R.Smith
WR2 - Hawkins / Gabriel This group needs to get better. Bring back Austin, or some other veteran WR, and add talent in the draft
TE - Barnidge / Dray How can we not re-sign Cameron?
LT - Thomas / Bowie Not too worried about Thomas, or who plays behind him... (said the same thing about Mack oops)
LG - Bitonio Rock solid
C - Mack / McDonald Mack comes back healthy... solid
RG - Greco / Painter Greco's good with Mack playing next to him, but bringing in some competition wouldn't hurt
RT - Schwartz / McQuistan Schwartz has played admirably all season. Could use some depth behind him
RDE - Taylor / Hughes / A.Bryant
DT - We have NO true 3-4 interior DT. This was evident by our lack of run D. Fix this problem, fix the run D. Using a 1st round pick at this position seems obvious
LDE - D.Bryant / Winn If our group of DEs can stay healthy, they are set
ROLB - Kruger / Martin
ILB1- Dansby / Eubanks
ILB2 - Kirksey / Carder Our ILB group is pretty solid if we bring back Robertson. Plus, they will all get better in year 2 under Pettine
LOLB - Mingo I'm okay with starting Kruger and Mingo, but we need at least 2 more pass-rushers. Could see a 1st - 3rd round pick here
CB1 - Haden / Nelson
CB2 - Desir / Gilbert
CBS - Williams The strength of the team. If he's not too expensive, bring back Skrine and this group continues to dominate.
FS - Ummmm... Gipson and Leonhard need to come back
SS - Whitner No problem here
K - Do we just try to bring back Hartley or do we go searching for a long-term answer
P - Bring Lanning back? He got better as the year went on. Finished 23rd in average... not great
LS - Yount He got it together. We brought in a PS long-snapper a couple days ago, maybe we have some LS competition next year
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Will try to track off-season moves on the OP... again will try...
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This is interesting
Report: Browns considering pursuing Ndamukong Suh
by R.J. White | CBSSports.com(8:59 pm ET) The Browns are considering making a play for impending free-agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, ESPNCleveland.com reports.
The Browns are expected to have plenty of cap space with which to work during the offseason and could be willing to give the premium free-agent-to-be the richest contract for a defensive lineman in history, per the report. Suh has racked up 46 total tackles and 8 1/2 sacks in 15 games. -
This is interesting
Report: Browns considering pursuing Ndamukong Suh
by R.J. White | CBSSports.com(8:59 pm ET) The Browns are considering making a play for impending free-agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, ESPNCleveland.com reports.
The Browns are expected to have plenty of cap space with which to work during the offseason and could be willing to give the premium free-agent-to-be the richest contract for a defensive lineman in history, per the report. Suh has racked up 46 total tackles and 8 1/2 sacks in 15 games.This is interesting
Report: Browns considering pursuing Ndamukong Suh
by R.J. White | CBSSports.com
(8:59 pm ET) The Browns are considering making a play for impending free-agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, ESPNCleveland.com reports.
The Browns are expected to have plenty of cap space with which to work during the offseason and could be willing to give the premium free-agent-to-be the richest contract for a defensive lineman in history, per the report. Suh has racked up 46 total tackles and 8 1/2 sacks in 15 games.
No doubt Suh is great- but that contract is going to be a Cap killer.
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This is interesting
Report: Browns considering pursuing Ndamukong Suh
by R.J. White | CBSSports.com
(8:59 pm ET) The Browns are considering making a play for impending free-agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, ESPNCleveland.com reports.
The Browns are expected to have plenty of cap space with which to work during the offseason and could be willing to give the premium free-agent-to-be the richest contract for a defensive lineman in history, per the report. Suh has racked up 46 total tackles and 8 1/2 sacks in 15 games.
No doubt Suh is great- but that contract is going to be a Cap killer.
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pfft, ask Dan Snyder how those mega free agent contracts work out...
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pfft, ask Dan Snyder how those mega free agent contracts work out...
pfft, ask Dan Snyder how those mega free agent contracts work out...
Or trading away three first round picks and a second for an unproven qb like RG III. I already am having nightmares about that one- because neither Mariota or Winston are an Andrew Luck.
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pfft, ask Dan Snyder how those mega free agent contracts work out...
Or trading away three first round picks and a second for an unproven qb like RG III. I already am having nightmares about that one- because neither Mariota or Winston are an Andrew Luck.
Or trading away three first round picks and a second for an unproven qb like RG III. I already am having nightmares about that one- because neither Mariota or Winston are an Andrew Luck.
I totally agree, I will lose faith in this FO if they sign Suh to a stupid contract or trade away multiple drafts for a questionable QB. If they do both this FO is dead to me.
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If they could make it work without breaking the bank, He immediately becomes our best DL. Nobody on this team is even close to his talent. I would put up with a few of his stupid personal fouls to have that talent on the DL. I agree on the DO NOT BREAK THE BANK part. We will be losing a lot on the DL to FA this offseason.
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You cant sign him without breaking the bank....he's already making franchise QB money and has said he wants more.....he will end up being the highest paid Defensive player ever and is nowhere worth THAT designation.....
I hope we pass.....
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You cant sign him without breaking the bank....he's already making franchise QB money and has said he wants more.....he will end up being the highest paid Defensive player ever and is nowhere worth THAT designation.....
I hope we pass.....
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You cant sign him without breaking the bank....he's already making franchise QB money and has said he wants more.....he will end up being the highest paid Defensive player ever and is nowhere worth THAT designation.....
I hope we pass.....
You cant sign him without breaking the bank....he's already making franchise QB money and has said he wants more.....he will end up being the highest paid Defensive player ever and is nowhere worth THAT designation.....
I hope we pass.....
He needs that money to pay for all the fines he accumulates...
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not for nothing...at this point i trust farmer in what ever he does to try and better this team.
sign somebody, trade somebody, cut someone...........
havn't had this kinda faith in the FO of this franchise in over 30 years.
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Maybe Maurice Clarett is available, it seems True Browns fans love it when hometown guys are brought in.
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not for nothing...at this point i trust farmer in what ever he does to try and better this team.
sign somebody, trade somebody, cut someone...........
havn't had this kinda faith in the FO of this franchise in over 30 years.
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